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Lady Ghostbusters Means Girl-Friendly Ghostbusters Merchandise, Too!

The role of movie merchandise, and the way it doesn’t include women, has been a hot discussion topic lately, with the likes of Star Wars and Marvel coming under fire — but thankfully, it looks like the upcoming Ghostbusters films won’t have that problem, and it’s thanks to the all-lady Ghostbusting team. It should come…

io9 James Whitbrook Jun 15 '15

Finally, Someone’s Designing a Fix for the Nightmarish Open Plan Office

When the door slid closed, everything went silent. I couldn’t hear any of the chatter or construction outside. It was weirdly cozy. I was sitting in a tiny pod—wrapped in a deep green felt, with its own built-in bench, desk, and lighting—designed by a company waging war on the open office. The pod was set…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Jun 15 '15

Another Optical Illusion Showing How Awful We Are At Discerning Colors

The winner of this year’s Best Illusion of the Year Contest has been announced, and like that dreaded dress from a few months ago, this illusion will cast your ability to perceive colors into doubt. https://gizmodo.com/the-what-color-is-this-goddamn-dress-debate-explaine-1688378120 The top prize of the contest, sponsored by the Neural Correlate Society, was awarded to Belgium’s Mark Vergeer for…

io9 George Dvorsky Jun 15 '15

Watch This Software Learn to Play Super Mario World Better Than You Can

A quick YouTube search reveals countless Super Mario World speedruns by some of the game’s most skilled players. And MarI/O can keep up with the best of them, even though it’s actually just a piece of advanced learning software made up of virtual neural networks. Created by Seth Bling, a developer who also happens to…

Artificial Intelligence Andrew Liszewski Jun 15 '15

On Game Of Thrones, Revenge Is Best Served With A Twist

The season finale of Game of Thrones was basically a series of vignettes where various characters got their revenge… usually with an ironic twist. It was a lot to take in. But it did disprove once and for all the idea that Littlefinger is a brilliant mastermind. Spoilers avaunt! So yeah, this was just one…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jun 15 '15

Spotify’s “Rewind” Feature Discovers the Heritage of Your Favorite Music

Music, like any other artistic endeavor, is endless progression. Artists influence artists who then write new tunes tempered by their culture. It’s in this steady march of evolution that we can lose sight of the bands that got us to this musical modern day—that’s where Spotify’s “Taste Rewind” comes in. Right now, I am listening…

Tech News Darren Orf Jun 15 '15

How ducks are force fed to make foie gras

Here’s a revealing documentary about what is perhaps America’s most controversial food: foie gras. Made by Zagat, it tries to examine all sides of the story. From the farm that supplies the fattened duck liver to the chefs who cook the buttery meat goodness to the organizations that oppose the concept of force feeding animals…

Sploid Casey Chan Jun 15 '15

Get Your Ass to Space

This week on Gizmodo and io9, we’re escaping the gravity well of Earth. We’ll be exploring every aspect of humanity’s future space habitats—from how we’ll grow ecosystems in space vessels and build our first Moon base, to what physicists think are the most realistic space structures you’ve seen in movies. Pop culture has always been…

Space & Spaceflight Annalee Newitz Jun 15 '15

This Joker Mask Is An Amazing, 3-D Printed Nightmare

We’ve 3D Printed Batman. Why not 3D print his greatest foe too? This mask is not only just an awesome example of what can be done with 3D-printing: It’s also bloody petrifying. https://gizmodo.com/this-fantastic-batman-armour-is-entirely-3d-printed-1676987879 Based on the gross incarnation of the Clown Prince of Crime that got his face sliced off to wear as a gruesome…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Jun 15 '15

What Are You Reading?

I’m at the end of my reading list, io9. So now I’m coming for yours. What have you been reading lately, and what did you think of it? Tell me about them — new or old, fiction or nonfiction. Whatever it is, I want to hear all about it. Or if you’re looking for a…

Books & Comics Ria Misra Jun 15 '15

Supercharge Your Email With Mixmax

We’re all looking for ways to boost productivity and make the sight of a crammed inbox a little less daunting, and free Chrome extension Mixmax is one of your options for Gmail. The extension lets you schedule meetings more easily, queue up emails to send later, check who’s viewed your messages, create straightforward email templates…

Gadgets David Nield Jun 15 '15

Video: The breathtaking star-like beauty of a giant squid giving birth

If you ever wondered what a giant squid giving birth looks like (why would you think about that?), just look up at the night sky one day. Because watching a female squid lay eggs looks stunningly celestial. Watch as she lays thousands of eggs in the ocean that seem to glow underwater like she’s giving…

Sploid Casey Chan Jun 15 '15

Why Horse Meat Once Had A Reputation For Curing Scurvy

Horse meat, while never widely popular, has from time to time been a trendy food. It’s trendiness is not unconnected to its nutritional value. These days, people value it for its iron. Once upon a time, people valued it as a cure for scurvy. Humans require a specialized diet because unlike most animals, we don’t…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jun 15 '15

Watch This Machine Juggle Four Balls Better Than a Circus Clown Can

With the potential to revolutionize everything from busking to children’s parties, a researcher named Raffaello D’Andrea at ETH Zurich has built a simple sensor-less machine using four strategically placed paddles that are able to juggle four balls in the air with surprising accuracy. The Circular Cloverleaf, as the latest iteration of Raffaello’s Blind Juggler machine…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 15 '15

Lego’s animated look at its new Star Wars Sith Infiltrator set

Lego recently announced an updated version of its Star Wars Sith Infiltrator set—originally released back when The Phantom Menace was in theaters—and to help convince you that the new version deserves a place in your collection, it’s created a lovely animation of the set revealing all of its new features. With Darth Maul, Qui-Gon Jinn,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 15 '15

Here’s the First Artificial Leg That Can Feel

Artificial limbs have restored powers like standing and walking for those who have lost legs. But not sensation—patients couldn’t feel the ground beneath them. Until now. For the first time, researchers successfully fit a human with a “sensory enhanced” prosthetic leg that can simulate sensation. That sense of touch not only makes the wearer safer…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin Jun 15 '15

Marvel And Sony Are Down To Two Final Spider-Man Candidates

And we might know the final choice this week. George R. R. Martin has even more shows planned for HBO. Get a fresh look at the Fantastic Four in action. Plus, Dean Cain talks Supergirl, Michael Dorn offers another update on his Star Trek spinoff, and more Terminator Genisys footage. Spoilers Now! Spider-Man The casting…

Television James Whitbrook Jun 15 '15

Emoji Passwords are Coming: Harder to Hack and Easier to Remember

A UK company claims to have invented the idea of using a set of emoji to replace a PIN number, suggesting that our stupid brains find it easier to remember the silly drawing people face things — and that the increased complexity of the emoji character set makes brute-forcing into our bank accounts substantially harder.…

Privacy & Security Gary Cutlack - Gizmodo UK Jun 15 '15

Cambridge University is hiring a professor of Lego

The best learning is, as any parent knows, through play. Academics at Camrbridge University agree: they’ve just received funding to recruit a Lego professorship of play in education, development and learning. The University’s Faculty of Education has will receive a total of $6 million in funding from the Lego Foundation which in part will help…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jun 15 '15

A New Way to Track Sperm Could Make IVF Easier

When men don’t have any sperm in their ejaculate and they’re trying for a baby with their partner, doctors try and extract the swimmers directly from their testicles instead. Success rates of the process are strangely low—but a new way of tracking sperm could help improve things. Usually, doctors blindly guess at where in the…

Health Jamie Condliffe Jun 15 '15

Lady Ghostbusters Means Girl-Friendly Ghostbusters Merchandise, Too!

Finally, Someone’s Designing a Fix for the Nightmarish Open Plan Office

Another Optical Illusion Showing How Awful We Are At Discerning Colors

Watch This Software Learn to Play Super Mario World Better Than You Can

On Game Of Thrones, Revenge Is Best Served With A Twist

Spotify’s “Rewind” Feature Discovers the Heritage of Your Favorite Music

How ducks are force fed to make foie gras

Get Your Ass to Space

This Joker Mask Is An Amazing, 3-D Printed Nightmare

What Are You Reading?

Supercharge Your Email With Mixmax

Video: The breathtaking star-like beauty of a giant squid giving birth

Why Horse Meat Once Had A Reputation For Curing Scurvy

Watch This Machine Juggle Four Balls Better Than a Circus Clown Can

Lego’s animated look at its new Star Wars Sith Infiltrator set

Here’s the First Artificial Leg That Can Feel

Marvel And Sony Are Down To Two Final Spider-Man Candidates

Emoji Passwords are Coming: Harder to Hack and Easier to Remember

Cambridge University is hiring a professor of Lego

A New Way to Track Sperm Could Make IVF Easier

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